Admit it. The last time only time? you thought about Nebraska's biggest city was when Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning yelled "Omaha!" about 40 times in a playoff game last January. That was fun, sort of. Imagewise, pro sports haven't been very good to Omaha. More than a few larger metropolitan areas have trafficked in an ominous possibility: Without their major league teams, the warning goes, they would be Omaha. In Kansas City, Royals fans know that one gets "sent down" to Omaha. It's the wrong direction. And yet lately, Omaha is acting confident. Frisky, even. Up here on a soaring, curvy pedestrian bridge over the Missouri River, folks are...

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Admit it. The last time only time? you thought about Nebraska's biggest city was when Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning yelled "Omaha!" about 40 times in a playoff game last January. That was fun, sort of. Imagewise, pro sports haven't...